The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on six leaders of human trafficking networks operating in Libya – the first time traffickers have been put on an international sanctions list.

The blacklisted six are four Libyans, including the head of a regional coast guard unit, and two Eritrean nationals.

Smugglers have taken advantage of insecurity in Libya to move hundreds of thousands of migrants by sea to Europe.

Many migrants are trapped in detention centres and beaten by traffickers.

The sanctions – a global travel ban and an assets freeze – were the result of an internationally-backed Dutch proposal. The proposal was initially presented on 1 May but held up by Russia, which sought to examine the evidence against the six men.

The unprecedented sanctions follow widespread outrage at the end of 2017 after CNN aired footage showing the auctioning of migrant men as slaves in Libya.

The Dutch proposal came after Professor Mirjam van Reisen and Munyaradzi Mawere published the names of several human traffickers involved in criminal networking.

They concluded that: “Crimes against Humanity are ongoing in Eritrea. Human trafficking is organised from within Eritrea and the lines between human trafficking and smuggling are blurred. Refugees believe that traffickers from within Eritrea are connected to the broader network operating outside Eritrea, which involves perpetrators all along the routes. Many who flee stay within the region, but feel that they are in constant danger.”

According to Van Reisen and Mawere, the human trafficking network leading to Tripoli and the Central Mediterranean route began in 2009, when many Eritreans were abducted and held in captivity in Sinai. There they were tortured and had ransoms extorted from them by calls to relatives and friends over mobile phone.

Some have been persecuted, such as the Eritrean trafficker Medhanie Yehdego Mered, known among refugees as ‘The General’. But in a tragic mistake the wrong person was taken to court.

The real Medhanie was recently confirmed to be operating with a Ugandan passport from Kampala (news reported by The Guardian and in a Swedish documentary).

Another Eritrean trafficker said to have a central role is Angosom Teame Akolom, also known as Angosom Wajehey or Angosom Kidane.

Angosom is alleged to be a key player in human trafficking from Eritrea, including to Egypt and Sinai. He is reported to have been previously a member or the head of the Eritrean Intelligence Agency in Asmara.

Mirjam van Reisen and one of the researchers, Meron Estefanos, concluded that the trafficking networks operated with knowledge of the Eritrean regime.

In this publication, Van Reisen and Estefanos stated that: “Linked across the region between Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Libya, the Eritrean refugees are traded as priced commodities: the most conservative estimate of the total value of the human trafficking in trade in Eritreans is over 1 billion USD.”

The researchers also conclude that the financial gains are controlled through an international web of informal financial agents operating in Asmara, Khartoum, Israel, and Libya.

An Eritrean who made the journey told the researchers:

“In Khartoum, I went to an Eritrean called Zeki. I paid 1,600 USD from Khartoum to Libya. I went to Asmara Market in Khartoum. I paid to an Eritrean man, Welid, USD 2,200 USD for the crossing on the boat. They split it, they pay the Sudan people and Libya people and they keep the rest.” (Interview by Van Reisen). 

Van Reisen and Estefanos spoke to an Eritrean, named as Abderaza or Abdurazak, who has been in charge of developing the route from Eritrea to Libya since 2005 or 2006:

“The alleged head of the human trafficking organisation in Libya (..) is now a wealthy man. (..). According to various sources this Eritrean started his involvement in smuggling and human trafficking in Libya in 2005. He has residences in Libya and Dubai. Other Eritreans, working for him (..) were involved in the day-to-day organisation and collection of the payments.”

The trafficker was also identified in a report by the Horn of Africa’s regional organisation, IGAD.

The Eritrean ‘top traffickers’ work with Libyans to arrange transport and accommodation. The book identifies the role of the Eritrean embassy in Libya:

“A refugee mentioned that he saw that a representative of the Eritrean Embassy in Tripoli assisted specific refugees who had been captured by the Libyan authorities while moving across Libya to Europe (..)”.

A similar allegation was made in the IGAD report, which stated:

“Nevertheless, one NGO official based in the region for a significant amount of time alleges that some remaining diplomatic personnel profit from the irregular migration routes, by charging ‘fees’ to negotiate the release of people from detention centres. Two eyewitnesses appeared to corroborate these allegations when they reported that they have seen high-profile smugglers at the Eritrean embassy in Tripoli. “ (cited in Van Reisen and Mawere, p. 176)

Van Reisen and Estefanos conclude that: “Linked across the region between Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Libya, the Eritrean refugees are traded as priced commodities: the most conservative estimate of the total value of the human trafficking in trade in Eritreans is over 1 billion USD.”

Eritrean refugees are trafficked by a Human Trafficking network led by these Eritrean traffickers.

This sad reality is now confirmed by the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council, which blacklists two Eritrean traffickers and 4 Libyans.

The Netherlands, currently chairing the UN Security Council, has used its role to  expose the illicit Eritrean involvement abroad. Earlier the Netherlands expelled the chargé d’affaires.

The UN Security Council sanctions are the next step in tackling the exterritorial criminal engagement of the Eritrean regime.

This is an attempt to end the impunity of Eritrean traffickers: to bring them to account for torture and killing of their fellow citizens in the Horn and beyond.

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ብምኽንያት መበል 27 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ፡ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ንዅሉ ኣብ ውሽጥን ኣብ ግዳምን ዝርከብ ኤርትራውን ፈተውቲ ሃገርና ኤርትራን ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽቲ የመሓላልፍ። ህዝብና ካብ’ዚ ዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ኣደራዕ ተጋላጊሉ፡ ፍትሕን ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ዝነግሰሉ፡ ዜጋታት ብሰላም ወፊሮም ብሰላም ናብ ገዝኦም ዝምለስሉ፡ ውግእን ወረ ውግእን ዘኽትመሉ ዓመት ክዀነልና ድማ ይምነ። 

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብ17ን 27ን ግንቦት 2018 ዝተኻየደ ካልኣይ ኣርባዕተ ወርሓዊ ምዱብ ኣኼባኡ ብዝኽሪ ስዉእ ተጋዳላይን ኣባል ማእከላይ ባይቶ ነበርን መሓመድ ኣሰሎ ኢዩ ከፊትዎ። ኣብ’ዚ ካብ ወርሓት ጥሪ ክሳብ ሚያዝያ 2018 ዘጠቓለለ ኣኼባ ዝቐረቡ ዛዕባታት ድማ፡ ጸብጻባት 9 ኣብያተ-ጽሕፈት ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ፡ ፈስቲቫል 2018፡ ንድፊ ትግባረ እማመ ሰዲህኤን ዝብሉ ነበሩ።

ንጥፈታት ሰልፊ፡ ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ እናበረኸ ከምዝመጽእ ዘሎ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ መዚኑ። ሰዲህኤ፡ ብመሰረት ናይ እማመ ሓባራዊ ዕዮ ተቓወምቲ ውድባት፡ ምስ ዝተፈላለያ ውድባትን ምስ ህዝብን ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ርክባት ተስፋ ዝህብን ኣበርቲዑ ክደፍኣሉ ዘለዎ ዕማምን ምዃኑ ርእዩ። ነቲ እማመ ናብ ግብሪ ንምውዓል ዝሕግዝ ንድፊ ትግባረ እውን ተሊሙ ኣሎ።

ኣብ እስራኤልን ዓባይ ብሪጣንያን ብኣባላት መሪሕነት ዝተኻየደ ዑደት ዝንኣድ ውጽኢት ከምዝነበሮ ገምጊሙ። ከምኡ’ውን፡ ብቤት ጽሕፈት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ ኣብ’ዚ ርብዒ ዓመት ኣብ ሆላንድ፡ ከተማ ሀግ፡ ዝተኻየደ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍን ኣኼባታትን፤ ብእጋጣሚ 8 መጋቢት ኣብ ካናዳን ሽወደንን ዝተኻየዱ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባታት፡ ብምኽንያት መበል 27 ግንቦት መዓልቲ ናጽነት ብምኽትል ኣደመንበር ቤት ጽሕፈት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እተገብረ ቃለ-መሓትት...ወዘተ ንጥፈታት ቤት ጽሕፈት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እናበረኸ ይመጽእ ምህላዉ ዝሕብሩ ምልክታት ምዃኖም ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ኣስሚርሉ።

ቤት ጽሕፈት መንእሰያት ሰዲህኤ፡ ጀሚርዎ ዘሎ ናይ ፓልቶክ መደብን ኣብኡ ዝዝረበሎም ዘለዉ ኣጀንዳታትን ትምህርቲ ዝቕሰሞምን ንሓድነት ናይ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ንቕድሚት ክደፍኡ ዝኽእሉ ኣበርክቶታት ዘለዎምን ምዃኖም ኣኼባ መዚኑ። ነዚ ተጀሚሩ ዘሎ ጽቡቕ ተበግሶ ንምስፋሕን ኣሳታፊ ንምግባሩን ተወሳኺ ጻዕሪ ክግበር ከምዘድሊ ድማ፡ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ርእዩ።

ቤት ጽሕፈት ወጻኢ ጕዳያት ሰዲህኤ ንጕዳይ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ብሓፈሻ፡ ንጕዳይ ኣብ እስራኤል ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ኣብ ምጥባቕ፤ ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ዘይሕለል ጻዕርታት፡ ቤት ጽሕፈት ማሕበራዊ ጕዳያት ከኣ፡ ህጻናት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ሱዳን ዝምሃርሉ ቤት ትምህርቲ ወድሸሪፈይ ቀጻልነት ክህልዎ ንዝገብሮ ዘሎ ኣበርክቶ፡ መርኣያ ናይ’ቲ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ዜጋታቱ ዘለዎ ሓልዮትን ሓላፍነትን ዝገልጽ ዕላማታቱ ምዃኑ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ኣስሚርሉ። ነቶም ነዚ ቤት ትምህርቲ ዝምውሉን ዝድግፉን ማሕበራትን ውልቀሰባትን ድማ ምስጋናኡ የቕርብ።

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ እውን፡ ኣብ ነፍስወከፍ ዕለት ዘቕርቦም መሃርቲ ርእሰ-ዓንቀጻት ብጽሑፍን ብድምጽን ዝዝርግሖም ዜናዊ ሓበሬታታት፡ ንሰልፋዊ ንጥፈታት ኣብ ምቅላሕ ዝጻወቶ ዘሎ ግደ ኣኼባ ንኢዱ።

ኣባላት ሰዲህኤን ደገፍቱን፡ ነዚ እናበረኸ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ንጥፈታት ንምትብባዕ ክገብርዎ ዝጸንሑን ዝገብርዎ ዘለዉን ናይ ገንዘብ ወፈያታት ድማ፡ ኣኼባ ናእዳኡን ምስጋናኡን ገሊጹ።

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ፡ ብጕዳይ እቲ ካብ 3-5 ነሓሰ 2018 ኣብ ፍራንክፈርት ዝካየድ ፈስቲቫል 2018፡ ካብ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ዝቐረበሉ ጸብጻባት ሰሚዑን ንለበዋታታ መሊሱን። ናይ ሎምዘበን ፈስቲቫል፡ ንኣባላት ሰልፊ ዝምልከት መዓልትን ንህዝቢ ዝምልከት መዓልትን ተባሂሉ ብፍልይ ዝበለ መልክዕ ክዳሎ ምዃኑ እውን ተራእዩ ኣሎ።

ብጕዳይ ኣብ እስራኤል ዝርከቡ ስደተኛታት ብዝምልከት፡ ኣብ ሃገራት ምዕራብ ዝርከቡ ገለገለ ስሱዓትን ገበነኛታትን ኤርትራውያን፡ ናብ’ዚ ሃገር’ዚ ከነሰጋግረኩም ገንዘብ ስደዱልና እናበሉ ዝፍጽምዎ ዘለዉ ናይ ምድንጋርን ስርቅን ተግባራት ደው ከብልዎ ሰዲህኤ ይጽውዕ። እቶም፡ መረጋገጺ ከይሓዙ ገንዘቦም ንመጠፋፋእቲ ዝህቡ ግዳያት ድማ፡ ካብ’ዞም ጐሓላሉ ክጥንቀቑ የዘኻኽር።

ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ክልቲኡ ገማግም ናይ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ናይ ጂኦ-ፖለቲካዊ ውድድራትን ቅድድማትን እኹል ግዜ ሂቡ ብኣትኵሮ ተዘራሪብሉ። ዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ብስእነት ርግኣትን ወጥርታትን ይሳቐ ከምዘሎ ድማ መዚኑ። ብዝሒ ወተሃደራዊ መደበራት ናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት ኣብ ዞናና ድማ ምልክት ናይ ዘይምርግጋእ እምበር ናይ ጥዕና ምልክት ከምዘይኰነ ኣስሚርሉ።

ክቡራትን ክቡራንን

ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዓማምን ትርጕም ዘይብሉን ውግእ ቅድሚ ምጅማሩ ይኹን ኣብ ዝጀመረሉ እዋን እውን ከይተረፈ፡ ኣካል ናይ’ቶም ንመንግስታት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ሽግራቶም ብልዝብ ክፈትሑ፤ ሰራዊታት ክልቲኡ መንግስታት ናብ ቅድሚ ውግእ ዝነበሮ ቦታታት ክምለሱ ዝጽውዑ ዝነበሩ ሃገራውያንን ኣህጕራውያን ሓይልታት ኢና ኔርና። ክልቲኦም ሸነኻት፡ ማለት መንግስቲ ኤርትራን መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ግን፡ ነዚ መጸዋዕታ ዕሽሽ ኢሎም ናብ ናይ 1998-2000 ዓ.ም ውግእ ድሕሪ ምእታዎምን ኣብ ልዕሊ ክልቲኡ ኣህዛብ እዚ ዘይብሃል ህልቂትን ብርሰትን ምውራዶምን፡ ብመሰረት ስምምዕ ኣልጀርስ፡ ነቲ ውግእ ደው ኣቢሎም ናብ ፍርዲ ክኸዱን እቲ ዝውሃብ ፍርዲ ድማ ቀያድን ናይ መወዳእታን ክኸውን ተሰማሚዖም ከምዝኣተውዎ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ኣብ ልዕሊ  ምዝካር፣ ተሓኤ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ኤርትራ፡ ሰልፊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ሰዲህኤን፡ ካብ ብጊሓቱ፡ እቲ ቀያድን ናይ መወዳእታን ውሳኔ ኮሚሽን ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕል ከም ዝግባእ ክጒስጒሱ ምጽናሖም ዘኪሩ። መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ነዚ ብይን’ዚ ኣብ ክንዲ ምትግባር ነቲ ኮሚሽን ዶብ ዝገበሮ ብይን ብመትከል ንድግፎ ኢና፡ ኣብ ትግባረኡ ብዝምልከት ግን ልዝብ ክግበር ኣለዎ ብምባል፡ 5 ነጥብታት ዝሓዘለ ናይ ልዝብ ቅድመ-ኵነት ብምቕራብ ናይ ኣይሰላም ኣይውግእ ኵነታት ከምዝቕጽል ገይሩ ምጽናሑ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።

ሓድሽ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ፡ ነቲ ደስኪሉ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ዶብ ሕቶ ኣብ ዝቐልጠፈ ጊዜ ብሰላማዊ ኣገባብ ክንፈትሖ ይግባእ ኢሉ ጻዕሪ ምክያዱ ዝድገፍን ተስፋ ዝህብን ኢዩ።  ሰዲህኤ፡ ከም ቀደሙ፡ ንሰላማዊ ፍታሕ ዝግበር ጻውዒት ይኹን ጻዕሪ ደጋፊኡን ኣብ ጐድኑ ደው ኢሉ ንምዕዋቱ ኵሉ ዝከኣሎ ክገብርን ኢዩ። ነዚ ንምርግጋጽ ግን፡ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ግብራዊ ተበግሶ ክወስድ ንጽውዕ።

ሓቢርና ንስራሕ ከነድምዕ፡ ሓቢርና ነድምጽ ከነስምዕ

ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ

7 ሰነ 2018

Riots erupt among the Eritrean community in south Tel Aviv over the support of Eritrea's brutal regime, with supporters of the Eritrean dictator attacking their countrymen, who in turn called for them to be deported.
Amir Alon, Itay Blumenthal|Published:  06.07.18 , 11:48
 

After four days of violent protests in south Tel Aviv, which left several people injured and arrested, hundreds of Eritreans gathered Wednesday in the Levinsky Park, to demonstrate against Eritrean dictator Isaias Afwerki but also call for an end to violence in the Eritrean community in Israel.
 

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Some even called for those Eritrean asylum seekers who support Afwerki to be deported. Towards the end of the event, some Afwerki supporters arrived at the scene equipped with rocks and sticks and began rioting, which resulted in a brawl. The police securing the event did not intervene.
 
  (Photo: Amit Huber)

(Photo: Amit Huber)

The protests are a result of clashes which broke out Saturday, when thousands of Eritreans living in Israel gathered under heavy police presence near the Kanot Junction to celebrate the Eritrean Independence Day. This has angered those in the Eritrean community who oppose the oppressive regime in their country.
 
Every single day ever since has been marked by protests involving hundreds of Eritreans in south Tel Aviv, pelting each other with rocks, smashing windows of cars and nearby stores, and even using cold weapons.
 
This isn’t the first year clashes of this kind have broken out, yet this year has been marked by the increase in violence.
 
 
Violence at the protest   (Video: Amir Alon)

 
The demonstration on Wednesday was led by a group containing dozens of women holding signs that read “Stop the Violence,” “Stop Dictatorship” and “Our Lives is Israel,” among other slogans.
 
The women condemned the riots. “We don’t want the blood of our brothers to be spilled here. We want peace rather than chaos,” one woman said. 
 
She went on to further condemn the Afwerki supporters. “They disturb us. We came to Israel to live rather than just work. We left our home because of the dictatorship, which made our country a dangerous place to live in. We came to seek asylum.”
 
“We have friends who call themselves refugees, but they are actually work migrants who pay two percent of their monthly salary to the Eritrean government in taxes,” raged Etkili Abraham Michael, an asylum seeker who opposes his country’s regime.
 
“They terrorize Neve Sha'anan. Some of our friends have been assaulted, stabbed and are now in hospitals. Over the last few day, we’ve been scared to go to work ... we just stay home,” he lamented.
 
  (Photo: Amit Alon)
(Photo: Amit Alon)
 
 Etkili claims that around 3,000-4,000 supporters of the regime are the ones who initiated the violence. “We ask the Israeli government to deport them back to Eritrea. If they celebrate the Eritrean Independence Day–they might as well just go there ... the chaos in Eritrea is more than enough for us, we don’t need it here in Israel as well.”
 
“After they assaulted me, I can’t stay silent. Rocks are being thrown at us, and we’re defending ourselves. We didn’t start this mess,” he insisted, referring to those protesters who oppose the regime.
 
Snait Zerbrock, another asylum seeker, added, “We’re all Eritreans and I can’t go against my brothers, but if they’re rooting for the dictator, that’s an issue. We didn’t come here to beg for food but to save our lives. I cannot go back to my country, but if they don’t have a problem with it, they’re free to go back.”
 
Sheffi Paz, one of the leaders of the fight against Eritreans being granted asylum, also came to the demonstration on Wednesday. “We’re dealing here with an Intifada of the asylum seekers," she asserted.
 
“We can’t differentiate between those who support the regime and those who oppose it. We’ve been talking about this problem for a while since it didn’t start this week but has been happening for a long time.”
 
Paz claims the situation has worsened over the recent days. “There’s a surge of violence day after day. Dozens of people with rocks in their hands that you’re constantly worried might strike you ... these people have brought their diseases with them, while old local women are dying of fear and can’t leave their homes.”

 
In the meantime, over 20 Eritrean citizens, accused of being involved in the riots in south Tel Aviv, have been arrested by the police. They will be transferred to the Saharonim facility once the police proceedings are finished.
 
Source=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5281005,00.html
 
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy has begun sketching out a plan for prosperity in the Horn.
“All that we have achieved from the situation of the last 20 years is tension,” Abiy said.
 
Meanwhile, no response yet from Eritrea

Source: Reuters

Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Wednesday that ending war and expanding economic ties with neighboring Eritrea is critical for stability and development in the impoverished Horn of Africa region.

Abiy Ahmed’s remarks followed the announcement on Tuesday by his ruling coalition that Ethiopia would fully implement a peace deal signed in 2000 and meant to end a two-year war that devolved into a stalemate resulting in huge military build up by both countries.

The pledge would entail ceding a disputed town to Eritrea. There was no sign on Wednesday that Ethiopia had begun withdrawing its troops from the town of Badme.

It is one of many policy shifts announced since the 41-year-old took office in early April, moves that could reshape Ethiopia’s relations with its neighbours and have equally dramatic impacts inside the country of 100 million people.

Whether the new measures, including liberalization of the state-controlled economy, end up addressing critical challenges from high youth unemployment to rising government debt remain to be seen. But they are shaking the country up.

“All that we have achieved from the situation of the last 20 years is tension,” Abiy said.

“Neither Ethiopia nor Eritrea benefit from a stalemate. We need to expend all our efforts toward peace and reconciliation and extricate ourselves from petty conflicts and divisions and focus on eliminating poverty.”

Ethiopia’s move is a “drastic departure” from its longstanding – and failed – policy, said Ahmed Soliman, Ethiopia analyst at Chatham House, a London-based thinktank.

“To see some movement is extremely positive. This is the most important latent conflict within the Horn and its resolution is important for peace and security in the region.”

NO COMMENT FROM ERITREA

Eritrea used to be a part of Ethiopia and waged a 30-year struggle for independence. The war on their shared border between 1998 and 2000 killed tens of thousands of people, caused significant displacement and the splintering of families.

Eritrea’s government has not responded publicly to Addis Ababa’s offer of an olive branch late on Tuesday. The two nations cut ties during the war.

Asmara’s Information Minister told Reuters on Tuesday evening he had not seen the Ethiopian government’s statement so could not immediately comment. He did not respond to phone calls on Wednesday.

Eritrea has long said it wants Ethiopia to pull its troops out from the disputed territory before normalizing ties, citing a decision by a boundary commission at The Hague which awarded the village of Badme to Eritrea in 2002.

Asmara has long felt betrayed by world powers, who they say failed to force Ethiopia to abide by the commission ruling.

Ethiopia says the row over border demarcation can only be resolved through a negotiated settlement.

On Tuesday, an Ethiopian foreign ministry official told Reuters that there were “at least 61 attempts” to mediate between the two nations, but that Asmara had rejected all requests.

Russia, the European Union, and Qatar were among those that proposed to mediate in the last two decades, he said.

Abiy said Ethiopia needed to resolve what he seemed to view as a costly and pointless dispute.

“Putting an end to this situation and finding peace is necessary beyond anything else not just for Ethiopia but for the wider Horn of Africa,” he said in a speech in Addis Ababa.

“Every Ethiopian should realize that it is expected of us to be a responsible government that ensures stability in our region, one that takes the initiative to connect the brotherly peoples of both countries and expands trains, buses and economic ties between Asmara and Addis Ababa.”

Diplomats say punitive measures taken against Eritrea may prevent an immediate conclusion to the dispute.

The U.N. Security Council imposed an arms embargo on Eritrea in 2009 on charges that Asmara provided political, financial and logistical support to militant groups in Somalia. Eritrea has long dismissed the claims, saying they are concocted by Addis Ababa in a bid to isolate the country and divert attention from Ethiopia’s reluctance to hand over the disputed areas.

“The Eritrean government has always proclaimed its innocence and will demand that the sanctions are promptly lifted. This could be a sticking point for now,” said a Western diplomat in Ethiopia.

(Additional reporting and writing by Maggie Fick; Editing by Toby Chopra)

ነቲ ኣብ እስራኤል ኣብ መንጎ` ደገፍትን ተቓወምትን ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዘጋጠመ ጐንጺ ብዝምልከት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ኣብ ዘውጸኦ መግለጺ፡ ኮሚሽነር ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽ ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ፊሊፖ ግራንዲ ንኣብ እስራኤልን ኩሉ ሓደገኛ ኩርነዓት ዓለምን ዘለዉ ሓለዋ ዘድልዮም ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝገብሮ ሓለዉኡ ከዛይድ ጸዊዑ።

ጸብጻባት ከም ዝሓበሮ፡ ደገፍቲ ኤምባሲ ኤርትራ ኣብ እስራኤል ብዘሳወሮ ግጭት፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ኣብ ከተማ ተልኣቪቭን ማላኪን ኣብ ልዕሊ መበል 27 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ዘኽብሩ ዝነበሩ ኤርትራውያን ሓተቲ ዑቕባ ጉድኣት ኣጋጢሙ። ኣብቲ ጐንጺ ካራሩን ኣእማንን ከም ዝተዘውተረ እቲ ጸብጻብ ገሊጹ። ብ4 ሰነ 2018 ከኣ ቀጻሊ ናይ ገዛገዛ ምድፋእ ተኻይዱ። ካብ ቢቢሲ ዝተረኽበ ጸብጻብ ከም ዝሕብሮ ብሰንክቲ ግጭት ካብ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ 13 ካብ ተቓወምቲ ከኣ 3 ስደተኛታት ንክሕተቱ ተኣሲሮም ኣለዉ።

ናይቲ ናብ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ዝተላእከ መዘክር ሰዲህኤ ቅዳሑ ናብ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኣብ እስራኤል ናብ ዘለዋ ኤምባሲታት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ከምኡ እውን ኣብ ማእከላይ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጀነቫ ናብ ዝርከብ ልኡኽ እስራኤል ቅዳሑ ተላኢኹ እዩ። እዚ መዘክር ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት ዝርከቡ ኤምባሲታት ኤርትራ ናይ ግጭትን ምፍልላይን ማሕበረሰብ ኤርትራ ጠንቂ ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ፡ ኣተሓሒዙ ከኣ ካብ ገበነኛታት ሓለዋ ምግባር ኣድላዪ ከም ዝኾነ ኣስፊሩ።

ምስዚ ሰዲህኤ ኣብዚ መዘክሩ፡ እስራኤላውያን ሓለፍትን ካለኦት እቲ ጉዳይ ዝምልከቶምን ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቶም “ስደተኛታት” ብዝብል ጉልባብ ንመንግስቲ ኣስመራ ዝድግፉ ናብቲ ዝቖጸሮም መንግስቲ ክመልስዎም መሰረታዊ ስጉምቲ ክወስዱ ከም ዝግበኦም ጠቒሱ።

እቲ መዘክር ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ካልእ ከባብታት’ውን ኣሻቓሊ ምህላዉ ኣመልኪቱ፡ ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ንግዳያት ኣብ ሊቢያ ተዓጊቶም ንዘለዉ ብፍላይ ከኣ ነቶም ካብ ቅትለት ኣሰጋገርቲ ሰባት ኣብ ሊቢያ ባኒዋሊድ ዝበሃል ቦታ ዝደሓኑ 140 ኤርትራውያን ዝገብሮ ደገፍ ንከዛይድ ተማሕጺኑ።

ሰላም ምንቲ ራህዋን ቅሳነትን፥ ጽቡቕ ድሌትን ኣደ ስልጣኔን እያ። ሰላም እንተዘየልዩ ኩሉ ነገር ኣሉታ እምበር እወንታ ዝሕሰብ ኣይኮነን። ሰላም ዝደሊ ከኣ ንክብሪ ሃገሩን ህዝቡን ዝሕሉ እምበር ንህዝቡ ዘዋርድን ዘካፍእን ኣይኮነን። ልክዕ እዩ ንሰላም ዝምነ ባእታ ዋጋ ከምዝኸፍል ርዱእ እዩ። ይኹን እምበር ሰላም ዝደሊ ንረብሓ ህዝቡን ሃገሩን ዝሓልን ዝሓስብን ንቕድሚት ክግስግስን ዝሕልን እዩ።

ስርዓት ኣሰመራ፥ ኣብ ስልጣን ተወጢሑ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድከቱ ካብ ዘስትዮን ጅሆ ካብ ዝሕዞን እነሆ 27 ዓመታት ኣሕሊፉ። ኣብዚ 27 ዓመታት ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስ ጐረባብቱ ከጻልኦን፥ መሬት ኤርትራ እውን ብሰንኪ ዘይውሕሉል ኣተሓሕዛ እቲ ጉጅለ ተሸርሚሙ ንጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ከም ዝተዋህበ ንኹልና ብሩህ እዩ።

እወ! ሰላም ኩሉ ዝኽፈል ዋጋ ከፊልካ ከምዝምጻእ ርዱእ ኮይኑ፥ እቲ ዋጋ እቲ ግና ብዋጋ ክብሪ መሰልን ፍትሕን ህዝቢ ክኸውን ኣይግባእን። ጨቋንን መላኽን ስርዓት ጉጅለ እሲያስ ነቲ ባዕሉ ዝሓንጸጾን ተመሊሱ ሞይቱ ዝበሎን ቅዋም”ኳ ከተግብር ድልው ኣይነበረን። ምኽንያቱ እታ ስልጣኑ ካብ ኢዱ ንኸይትወጽእ። ነዚ ንክገብር ነቲ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ካብ ምስሕሓብ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ውግእ ዘብጸሐ እሞ ደሓር ዝተፈርደ ዶብ ዘይምሕንጻጽ ከም ዓቢይ መሕብኢ ካርታ ክጥቀመሉ ጸኒሑ እዩ።

እቲ ንሱ ዝህቦ ምስምስ ድማ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ነቲ ዶብ ዘይምሕንጻጹ ክብል እዩ ንህዝቢ ዝገፍዕን ዝጭቁንን ዝነበረ። እቲ ዶብ ዘይምሕንጻጽ ግና ሕጊ ንኸይትግበር ይኹን፥ ህዝቢ ገንዘቡ ንኸይጥቀመሉ፥ ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ዘትከለሉ ዝኽልክል ኣይነበረን። ንግሩሃት ግና ሓቂ ይመስሎም ስለዝነበረ ነታ ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ባዕሉ እቲ ንስርዓት ኢሰይያስ ዝድግፍ እውን ከይተረፈ ከይተረድኦ ይዓብጣ ነይሩ ማለት እዩ።

መንእሰያትና ብሰንክዚ ሃጽ ኢሎም ክጠፍኡሉ ዝመሃዞ ናይ ሳዋ ቤት ትምህርትን፥ ብምኽንያት ናይ ባድመ ኣብ ኢድና ዘይተመልሰት ብማለት ንመንእሰይ ሰሪሑ ከይዕንገል ተመርዕዩ ከይዝምድ ኣብ ጎዳጉዲ ክዳጉነሉ ግርም ምኽንያት ረኺቡ ነይሩ። ሎሚ ሕቑኡ እትሰብር ዕለት 05-06-2018 በቲ ንመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝመርሕ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ ኣካል ዝተበጽሐ ውዕል ኣልጀርስ ክትግብር ምስምምዑን ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓል ድሉው ምዃኑን ብዘውጽኦ ውሳኔ ብማዕከናት ዜና ተዘርጊሑ ኣሎ። እዚ ናይ ዶብ ምሕንጻጽ ንዓሰርተ-ሓሙሽተ ዓመታት ደው ኢሉ ኣይውግእ ኣይሰላም ዝነበረ ኩነታት ንክልቲኡ ኣህዛብ ኢትይጵያን ኤርትራን ሃስይዎ እዩ።

ሎሚ ግን እቲ መጋረጃ “ኣይውግእ ኣይሰላም” ዝተቐንጠጠ እዩ ዝመስል እሞ፥ ጉራን ፈኸራን ዘድሊ ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ሰላም ንኹሉ ዘርብሕ ብምዃኑ ክልቲኦም መራሕቲ ኣብ ድሌት ህዝቢ ክንብርከኹን ባህርያዊ ስለ ዝኾነ። ኢሰይያስ ነታ ባድመ ንጥቕሙ ክብል ብወያነ ክመሓደር ዝፈሓሳ ተንኮል እነሃ ሎሚ ኣብ ክሳዱ ክትጥምጠሞ ትቀራረብ ኣላ።

ይኹን እምበር እቲ ናይ ዶብ ምሕንጻጽ ማለት እንተላይ እቲ ንኤርትራ ይኹን ንኢትጵያ ዝተዋህበ ብግቡእ እንተተግቢሩ መላኺ ስርዓት ኢሰያስ ዝሕበኣላ በዓቲ የላን። እታ መሸንቆቓ ድጊም ኣብ ክሳድ ኢሰያስ ዝያዳ እናተሸምቀቐት እያ ክትከይድ። ምኽንያቱ ብድሕሪ ሕጂኸ እንታ ምስምስ ከምጽእ። ደጊም ከም ኣመሉ ካልእ ክተዃቱኽ እንተዘይኮይኑ ኣኺልዎ እዩ። እሱራት ክፈትሕ፥ ኣብዝሓ ሰልፍታት ከፍቅድ፥ ዝህዝቢ ብዘጽደቖ ሕገመንግቲ ክመርሕ፡ ክሕተት እዩ። ነዚ ዘመልስ ባህሪ ከኣ የብሉን። ምርጫኡ በታ ዝነቐጻ ምንቃጽ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ደጊም ኩሉ መሕብኢ በዓትታቱ ናይ ምፍራስ ዕድሉ ዝለዓለ ስለ ዝኾነ።

“ሰዲህኤ፡ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ጻዕርታቱ፡ መስርሕ ምርግጋጽ ኣድማዒ ተሳትፎ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይን፡ ምቅልጣፍ ምስግጋር መሪሕነታዊ ተራ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ፡ ናብ ክዉንነትን ምቕያር ዘኽእል መሳለጥያታትን ኣገባባትን ምፍጣር ሓደ ካብ ናይ’ዚ እዋን ቀዳምነታት ምዃኑ የረጋግጽ። ብግብሪ ክሰርሓሉ ድልዊ ምዃኑ ከኣ የረጋገጽ።” (ካብ ፖለቲካዊ ውሳነታት 2ይ ጉባአ ሰዲህኤ ዝተወስደ)

ብዛዕባ መንእሰይ ብሓፈሻ፡ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ከኣ ብፍላይ ብቐጻሊ እዩ ዝዝረብን ዝጸሓፍን። ከምኡ ዝኾነሉ ምኽንያት ርዱእ እዩ። መንእሰይ ናይ ወለዶታት ምትኽኻእ ናይ ምርግጋጽ ሓላፍነት ዘለዎ ሞተር ሕብረተሰብ ስለ ዝኾነ። መንእሰይ ከም ኩሉ ክፍሊ ሕብረተሰብ ከካብቲ ዝነበረሉ መዋእል ፈሊኻ ዝረኣ ኣይኮነን። ንኣብነት ኣብ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይ ሎምን ናይ 70ታትን መንእሰይ ብሓደ ዓይኒ ክትርእዮ የጸገም እዩ። ዘይሩዘይሩ ግና እቲ ወለዶታት ናይ ምትኽኻእ ኣርዑት ኩሉ ግዜ ካብ እንግደዓ መንእሰይ ዝወርድ ኣይኮነን።

መንእሰይ ዳርጋ ኣብ ኩሉ ሃገራት ክበሃል ብዝኽእል፡ ካብቲ ሓፈሻዊ ብዝሒ ህዝቢ ዓብላሊ ግደ ዝሕዝ እዩ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ኤርትራ እቲ ዝረአ ዘሎ ስደትን ምብትታንን ከም ዘለዎ ኮይኑ፡ ካብቲ ህዝቢ ካብ 70% ዘይውሕድ ቁጽሪ ከም ዝሕዝ ብዙሓት ናይዚ ዓውዲ ክኢላታት ዝገልጽዎ እዩ። መንእሰይ ኣብ ልዕሊ ዝለዓለ ብዝሒ ዝሕዝ ምዃኑ፡ ንኡስ ዕድመን ሓያል ጉልበትን ዝውንን ምዃኑ ካብ ብልጫታቱ ሓደ እዩ። እቲ ቀንዲ ንመንእስይ መንእሰይ ከብሎ ዝኽእል ግና ዘለዎ ምዕቡልን ናብ ድሕሪት ምጽብጻብ ዘይኮነስ ናብ ቅድሚት ምምዕዳው ዘቐድም ራእይ ክውንን እንከሎ እዩ። መንእሰይ ብዕድመ ንኡስን ናብ ህልዊ ምዕባለ ዝቐረበን ክነሱ፡ ኣብ ንሓባር ዘየሰጉም ድሑር ዝንባለታት ክእለኽ እንከሎ ግና ዘምሕረሉ ኣይኮነን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ተፈጥሮኣዊ ዕቤቱ ርኢኻ ጥራይ መንእሰይ ክትብሎ ኣጸጋሚ እዩ። ውድባትን ካልእ ፖለቲካዊ ትካላትን ኣማዕድየን ዝርእያን ሎሚ ኣብ ኢደን ዘሎ ዓላማ ዘቐጽለለን ሓይሊ ክረኽባ ሰለ ዘገድሰን ናይ መንእሰያት ተሳትፎ ይምሕጸና እየን። ምምሕጻንን ጥጡሕ ባይቶ ምፍጣርን ግና ይፈላለ እዩ። ሰልፊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ከም ሓደ ኣብ ቀጻሊ ዕቤት ዘተኰረ ዕላማ ዘለዎም ውዳበ ምእንቲ ቀጻልነት ቃልስን ዓወትን ናይ መንእሰይ ተሳትፎ ከመዓዱ ግድን ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ ንዝከታተል ኣካሉ ናብ ደረጃ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ኣበሪኹ ዝቃለሰሉ ዘሎ እዩ

መንእሰይ ናይ ቃልሲ መቐጸሊ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ቀንዲ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይሊ እዩ። መንእሰይ ነዚ ሓያልነቱ ዘዕዝዞ ብዘይካቲ በይኑ ተወዲቡ ዘካይዶ ቃልሲ፡ ኣብ ዝኾነ መንግስታዊ ኣካላት ዝርከብ ምዃኑ እዩ’ውን። ኣብ ሓደ መንግስቲ ብዝለዓለ ደረጃ ተወዲቡን ተጽዕኖ ዝፈጥር መሳርሒ ወኒኑን ናይ ሃገር ልኡላውነትን ናይ ህዝቢ ሰላምን ክብርን ናይ ምርግጋጽ ሓላፍነት ዘለዎ ወተሃደራዊ ክፍሊ ብመንእሰያት ዝተነድቀ እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ንዕማም መንእሰይ ካብ ዘኽብዱ ሓደ እዩ።

እዚ መጸዋዕታ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ምሕጽንታና ናብ መንእሰይ ከነቕርብ እንከለና ናብ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ እዩ። ዕላማኡ ከኣ እቲ ኣብ መስርዕ ቃልሲ ምርግጋጽ ለውጢ ተሰሊፉ ዘሎ ወገን መንእሰይ ቃልሱ ምስቲ ብኹሉ ኩርነዓት ዝገሃድ ዘሎ ምዕባለታት ኣበርክቶኡ ንከበርክት እዩ። እቲ መንእሰይ ክንሱ ኣሪጉ ነቀይነቀይ ዝብል ዘሎ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ክሕሉ ክብል ምስቲ ምእንቲ ህዝቢ ዝቃለስ ዘሎ መንእሰይ ዝጋጮ ዘሎ ከኣ፡ ኣብ ዘይቦታኡ ተሰሪዑ ከምዘሎ ንምዝኽኻሩን “ኣይፋልካን ናብ ልብኻ ደኣ ተመለስ” ንምባሉ እዩ። መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ክንዲ ሓደ ኮይኑ ምእንቲ ኩሉ መሰላትን ፍትሕን ዝብጆ ደጋፊ ህግደፍን ደጋፊ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልን እንዳተበሃሃለ ክከፋፈልን ኣብ ጐንጺ ክበጽሕን፡ ብዓብይኡ ንዓኡ ኣብ ትዕዝብቲ ዘውድቖ ኮይኑ፡ ንኩልና ከም ኤርትራውያን’ውን መዓንጣ ከብድኻ ዘሕርር እዩ። ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብማዕረ ኣብ ባርነት ዘውደቖም መንእሰያት ገለን ኣገልገልቱ ገለን ድማ ተቓወምቱ ኮይኖም ከምዚ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ መዓልታት ኣብ እስራኤል ዝተራእየ ምውጣጥ ምግጣሙ “ከፋፊልካ ምግዛእ ፖሊሲ ህግዲፍ ይሰርሕ ከምዘሎ ዘርኢ እዩ። ስለዚ ነዚ ኣጋጣሚ ተጠቒምና ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ንንእስነቱ ዝምጥን ራእይ ኣምሪሑ ብሓባር ኣንጻር ህግደፍ ክስለፍ ንጽውዖ። መንእሰይ ኣንጻር ህግደፍ ምስላፍ ዘድልየሉ መሰረታዊ ምኽንያት ህግደፍ ኣንጻር መሰላት ህዝቢ ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ። መንእሰይ ኣንጻርዚ ጸረ-ህዝቢ ራእይ ክስለፍ ዝጽዋዕ ዘሎ ከኣ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ናይቲ ኣንጻር ህግደፍ ተቓሊስካ ዝረጋገጽ ዓወት ተጠቃሚ ስለ ዝኾነ እምበር፡ ናይ ካለኦት ረብሓ ንምርግጋጽ ኣይኮነን።

ንሓደ ኣካል ኣይኮነንዶ ናብዚ ንካይዶ ዘለና መሪር ቃልሲ፡ ናብ ካልእ ዕማም እውን ንክሳተፍ ክትጽወዖ እንከለኻ ዝጽበዮ ብደሆታት ከም ዝህሉ ፍሉጥ እዩ። እቲ ብደሆታት ካብ ህግደፍ ዝኣመሰለ ጸላኢ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ካብቲ መቓልስተይ እትብሎ ኣካል’ውን ከም ዘጋጥም ከም ርዱእ ክወሰድ እዩ ዝግባእ። ምኽንያቱ ናብ ቃልሲ ምስታፍ ማለት ንብደሆታት ቅሩብ ምዃን ማለት ስለ ዝኾነ። ስለዚ እቲ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ንዝሰዓር እናሰዓርካ፡ ንዝዕረ ድማ እንዳዕረኻ እትኸዶ እምበር ኣበር ዘየብሉ ልሙጽ ጐደና ኣይኮነን።

ስለዚ መንእሰይ ናብዚ ትውልዳዊ ሓላፍነት ክበቅዕ ቅድምቀዳድም ክራኸብን ክውደብን ይግበኦ። ብንጹር ካብ ናብ ስርዓት ግደፍ ናብቲ ግዳይ ኩሉ ኣበሳታት ዝኾነ ህግደፍ ህዝቢ ወጊኑ ምእንቲ ገዛእ ርእሱን ምእንቲ ህዝቡን ብሓደ እምኒ ክልተ ኣዕዋፍ ኣብ ዝወቕዓሉ ቃልሲ ክስለፍ ሕጂ’ውን ግዜኡ እዩ።

Amid reports of serious clashes between Eritrean regime supporters and regime opponents in Israel, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) on 5 June urged the  UNHCR Chief, High Commissioner Filippo Grandi, to strengthen protection for Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel and other dangerous places including Libya.

Reportedly instigated by agents of the Eritrean Embassy in Israel, the clashes in Tel Aviv and Kiryat Malakhi during the past weekend, caused serious injuries affecting  many asylum seekers who were celebrating the 27th independence anniversary of their country. Knives and stones were used in the brawls. Further house-to-house scuffles took place on Monday, 4 June, and there were fears that they may continue. A BBC report said that 13 of the pro-regime assailants and three of the regime opponents were arrested for questioning.

The EPDP memorandum to UNHCR, which was also copied to the African Union, the African embassies in Israel and to the Israel envoy to the UN headquarters in Geneva, stated that embassies of the Eritrean regime in many countries are the source of divisions and clashes among Eritrean communities and asked enhanced protection from agents of the criminal regime in Asmara.

The EPDP appeal also called upon "the Israel authorities and all other concerned governments to identify the so-called "refugees" supporting the regime in Asmara and take drastic action of sending them back to their employer - the  Eritrean regime" itself.

The memorandum also alluded to the disquieting situation of Eritreans in other places, and urged the UNHCR  "to do more in support of the victimized Eritrean asylum seekers stranded in Libya, and in particular to the 140 survivors of the recent killings by human traffickers at Libya's Bani Walid".

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